Shanghai War Devastation and Sailor’s Death Reported
The Shanghai battle rages with fire consuming large parts of the city including the six largest port sectors. American casualties rise as a 1-inch shell hits the flagship Augusta killing a Louisiana sailor and wounding 18. President Roosevelt and cabinet study the Sino Japanese conflict while the 500 American women stay in Shanghai amid the danger.
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Miost
Chapei
Hongkew
Yangtzepoo
Pootung
Whangpoo Kiangwan
Nantzo
Soochow Creek
Hongkewn
States
Louisiana
Freddie ‘John
Falgout
Raceland
Augusta
Roosevelt
China
Washington
Shanghai
United States Asiatic Fleet
Metropols
Whangpoo River
Freddie John
Asiatic
Augusta Whangpoo
Bus Skids Into Culvert In Michigan, Injuring Eight
A Greyhound bus carrying thirty passengers skidded into a culvert near Allen Michigan and overturned, injuring the driver Thomas Wharton 32 Detroit and seven passengers including Ruth Thedens 25 Rochester Minnesota and Norma Williams 25 Yazoo City Mississippi. State police cited slippery pavement as the cause with no blamed driver. The injured were taken to Jonesville for treatment then Hillsdale Hospital while remaining passengers continued to Detroit. All were from Chicago bound for Detroit.
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Jonesville
Mich
U.P
Greyhound
Allen
Thomas Wharton
Detroit
Ruth Thedens
Rochester
Minn
J. Stankard
Warlord
L. B. Purdy
Sturgis
John Ideing
West Allis
Wis
Robert San‘pa
Norma Williams
Yazoo City
Miss
Ray Dicken
Sebold
Hillsdale
Chicago
Wharton
Chicago nurse slain in dormitory room by brick murder
Miss Anna Kuchta an 18 year old student nurse was violently assaulted and killed in her Chicago south side hospital room. A man 19 or 20 fled through a fire escape window after entering the room to attack her. Florence Palmowski 19 found the body and described the fleeing assailant. Police note similar killings in the city over the past two years and that a brick was used as the weapon. A coroner's investigator confirmed the attack.
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Chicago
Anna Kuchta
Chicago Hospital
South Side
John B. Prendergast
Florence Palmowski
Burke Urges Nation to Guard Independence of Courts
Senator Burke of Nebraska spoke via radio urging the nation to prevent any future attack on judicial independence. He critiqued administration moves to reorganize the courts and defended the courts against efforts he deemed ill advised, urging citizens to ensure such threats never arise again.
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Washington
Senator Burke
Nebraska
Guffey
Pennsylvania
Burke
Weather Watch: Great Lakes Region Forecast Update
Forecast notes cooler southeast tonight with warmer Sunday as Northwestern Observations reports. Reckstaff Observatory notes a maximum near 83 with no precipitation while winds shift from southwest and barometer around 23.65. One year ago temperatures reached 7 and 61.
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Seis Ang
Wisconsin
Saat Wankee
Joenis Ion Park
Catlock
Periday
Region of the Great Lakes
Reckstaff Observatory
Manila Quake Turns City Into Refugee Hub
Manila faces a second major quake after two tremors rocked the city. Nearly 400000 residents spent the night in parks as debris cleared and preparations for aid began. Dozens injured, buildings cracked, water mains broken, and fires extinguished in scattered districts.
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Manila
China
Shanghai
Inja
Tayabz Vinee
Dama ED
Alabat
Tayabas
Department of Finance
Heacock's
Escolta
Prisoners Freed At Shanghai Jail Rules
Shanghai authorities decide to empty Ward Road jail, home to about 7000 inmates, amid Sino-Japanese fighting. Beginning today 500 to 1000 prisoners will be released daily and sent to the settlement borders to face an uncertain fate. Most detainees are Chinese. Earlier shelling wounded or killed about 90 inmates.
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James A. Mills
Shanghai
Ward Road
Shang- Ihai
Rebels Strike Toward Santander in Fog Shrouded Battle
Franco's forces drive south with two strong columns hammering government lines near Torrelavega as fog cloaks the fight. About 3,009 Asturians hold the high ground, sustaining heavy losses in a brutal hour long clash as insurgents press toward Santander Bay of Biscay.
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Edward ‘J
Santarider
Francisco Franco
Santander
Bay of Biscay
Burgos
Torrelavega
Franco
State Fair Opens in Crisp Cool Weather
Milwaukee 6 percent. The Wisconsin state fair opened in crisp cool weather with prize money over 76 000 to be contested by hundreds of exhibitors. The nine day fair runs through Aug 29 with veterans admitted free and a full schedule of rodeo races auto and harness events, vaudeville shows, and a governor speaking program led by Governor La Follette.
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State Fair
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
la Follette
Senators Wheeler and O Mahoney oppose Guffey attack in senate
Washington mood runs high as Senators Wheeler and O Mahoney confront Pennsylvanian Guffey over a radio address. Holt defends party integrity while La Follette calls out Guffey on honesty. The clash centers on removing Guffey from party leadership with 1940 in view.
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Washington
Wheeler
Montana
O'Mahoney
Wyoming
Senate
Guffey
Pennsylvania
Cam ‘Paign
Keystone
Democratic Party
Guffey O'Mahoney
Democratic ‘Party
Holt
West
Virginia
la’ Follette
West Virginian Concluded His Speech With An Assertion That Guffey
Mellons
United States Senate
Gulley
United States
Boy to be moved from Crawford jail amid claims of improper influence
Harold Best, 15, accused of slaying his sister Mildred, 31, faces transfer to a La Crosse juvenile home after Defence Atty Carl Hill urged Judge Jeremiah O Neil to allow a meeting. Hill alleges Sheriff Oliver White used improper influence to obtain three confessions, two repudiated by Harold. The boy has been jailed since Mildred’s June 4 murder as Hill fights for access to his client.
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Prairie du Chien
Wis
Harold Best
Mildred
Crawford County
la Crosse
Alty
Carl N. Hill
Jeremiah O'Neil
Haray
O'Neil
Hill
Oliver White
Harold
Dead nurse Schmidt found. missing case ends in tragedy
Sheriff finds the body of Miss Schmidt near the Risberg resort grove in Rhinelander Wisconsin. Coroner Rudolph Carlson orders viscera to Madison toxicology for inquest after toxicology report. Miss Schmidt left the resort August 12 saying she would walk and did not return. The body lay 500 feet from a main road hidden by deadfall.
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Rhinelander
Han
Rudolphs Carlson
Fred. Risberg Resort
Rodd
ENGINE EXPLODES ON FISHING GRAFT
Fourteen treated after an explosion on a 38 foot fishing launch near Green Bay Wisconsin. Ten injured and twelve hurled into the water as lifebelts were thrown to passengers. Survivors say Jack McGowan aided others before a sailboat rescued them. A second explosion followed before the craft sank.
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Sturgeon
Arthur Bertschinger
Tyrol
Sanx
Boy Killed by Truck Near Wantomsa Home
Maynard Rhode, 20 months old, son of Mr and Mrs William Rhode, was killed when struck by a truck while playing near his Wantomsa Wisconsin home yesterday.
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Wantomsa
Wis
Maynard Rhode
William Rhode
Conferees Reach Compromise On Deficiency Bill
Washington senators and representatives search for accord after three hours of debate on the deficiency appropriation. The House conferees, eager to head home, weigh voters views on what has been accomplished and what remains sidetracked. Senate supporters of Roosevelt’s court bill face possible reprisals, while leaders hope for a clear path forward.
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Washington
Sena
House
South’ Carolina
Roosevelt
La Follette Tightens Special Session Plans With Daily Conferences
Madison reports Gov. Philip F. La Follette is meeting daily with legislators to shape a potential special session. Aides say talks will continue next week and the following, with completion between Sept 12 and Oct 5 depending on lawmakers' stance and daily work. Hotel availability may be constrained by a Grand Army convention and oil price-fixing cases starting in federal court in October.
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Madison
Philip F. la Follette
Oes
Governor La Follette to Speak Twice Sunday in Scan Dinavia
Madison dispatch reports Governor La Follette arranging two speeches for Sunday. He will address an audience at 1:30 p.m. in Scan Dinavia, Wisconsin, during the county fair, and speak again at a veterans' reunion at the Veterans Home.
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Madison
la Follette
Scandinavia
Wis
Sj Paca
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